Re: Psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory

Are you using -h localhost to connect? you can do lsof -p {pg pid} to see where is Unix socket directory pointing to, also check postgresql.conf file to check if Unix socket location is non default value.

On Thu, May 2, 2019, 8:50 AM SAMMY CRISWELL <Sammy_R_Criswell@raytheon.com> wrote:

Good morning,

 

I am preparing to upgrade my pqsl server from 9.3.5 to 9.6.12. I have installed the 9.6 rpm onto the server that has 9.3.5 running. Postgres is still running 9.3.5 on that server, but when I try to run psql I get the following message.

 

“psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory

        Is the server running locally and accepting

        connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?”

The database is still running and working I just can’t use any of the client commands like psql, pg_dump….

And there is no "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" file.

 

Can someone help with this problem.

 

Sam Criswell | Senior Systems Engineer I

Infrastructure Engineering
Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS)

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